Aureolaria

Aureolaria
Aureolaria pectinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Orobanchaceae
Genus:	Aureolaria Raf.
Species
Aureolaria flava (L.) Farw. Aureolaria grandiflora (Benth.) Pennell Aureolaria greggii (S.Watson) Pennell Aureolaria laevigata (Raf.) Raf. Aureolaria patula (Chapm.) Pennell Aureolaria pectinata (Nutt.) Pennell Aureolaria pedicularia (L.) Raf. Aureolaria virginica (L.) Pennell

Aureolaria, with the common name false foxgloves, is a genus of 8 species, native to North America.^{[1] [2]}

Aureolaria plants are hemiparasitic, which is a character that in part describes the Orobanchaceae.

Until recently the genus was aligned with members of the family Scrophulariaceae. As a result of numerous molecular phylogenetic studies based on various chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) loci, it was shown to be more closely related to members of the Orobanchaceae.^[3]

Species

• Aureolaria flava
• Aureolaria grandiflora
• Aureolaria greggii
• Aureolaria laevigata
• Aureolaria patula
• Aureolaria pectinata
• Aureolaria pedicularia
• Aureolaria virginica

References

1. The Plant List reference for Aureolaria
2. A Study of the Host Range of Aureolaria pedicularia (L.) Raf. (Scrophulariaceae)
3. Phylogeny of the parasitic plant family Orobanchaceae inferred from phytochrome A

External links

• Media related to Aureolaria at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Aureolaria at Wikispecies